Curriculum Vitae

Education & Workshops

2026 Gustavo Ramos, Alla Prima Portraits, Seattle Art Prize, Seattle, WA
2026 Zhaoming Wu, Painting the Clothed Figure, Portland, OR
2026 David Cheifetz, Imaginative Realism, Seattle Art Prize, Seattle, WA
2024 Timothy Rees, Mastering Skin Tones, online
2024 Daniel Keys, Floral Composition, Scottsdale, AZ
2024 Dominique Medici, Alla Prima Portraits, Seattle, WA
2023 Lori Putnam, Plein Air Landscapes, Maryhill, WA
2019 – 2022 Sumpter Academy of Art, Classical Art Atelier, Portland, OR
Corban University, B.S. English Communications, Summa Cum Laude, Salem, OR

Awards & Recognitions

2026 Ascend Art Competition, Finalist
2025 Artists of the Gorge 46th Annual Juried Exhibition, 3rd place
2025 June PleinAir Salon Competition Finalist
2025 17th Annual International Art Renewal Center Salon Finalist
2024 Judith Carducci Full Scholarship, The Portrait Society of America
2022 Oil Painters of America Fall Online Showcase, Honorable Mention

Select Shows & Exhibitions

2026 Oil Painters of America, 35th National Exhibition, Steamboat Art Museum, CO
2025 Portrait Society of Atlanta, Fall Open Juried Exhibition, Atlanta, GA
2025 April PleinAir Salon Competition Finalist
2025 Art Renewal Center, 17th International Salon, Finalist
2024 VU VI VO Solo Art Unveiling, Tampa, FL
2024 Oil Painters of America National Juried Salon, Indianapolis, IN
2024 Salmagundi Club, 46th Annual Juried Open, New York, NY
2023 Salmagundi Club, SCNY Figurative Exhibition, New York, NY
2023 Salmagundi Club, 45th Annual Juried Open, New York, NY
2023 Redux Art Showcase, Portland, OR
2023 Bristol Art Museum, Miniature Monumental, Bristol, RI
2023 Combine Art Collective, 2nd Annual Juried Show, Walla Walla, WA
2022 Parklane Gallery, Winter Show, Kirkland, WA
2022 Parklane Gallery, International Miniature Show, Kirkland, WA
2022 Sumpter Academy Spring Exhibition, Portland, OR
2022 Society of Washington Artists Spring Show, Vancouver, WA

Publications

2025 Dappled Things Magazine, cover image and featured artist
2024 Commonplace Living, “Wellspring Mother Artist Feature”
2023 The Unmooring Journal, “In Grief” cover image and feature
2021 A Burning in my Bones, print book “Flathead Valley Illustrative Map”
2020 Commonplace Quarterly, print magazine, “Nature Wreaths”

Memberships

National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society
Oil Painters of America
Portrait Society of America